October 12-17, 2008
Renaissance Suites Hotel
Charlotte, NC

Mark your calendars for the 2008 SFPE Professional Development Conference and Exposition, which will be held at the Renaissance Suites Hotel in Charlotte, NC. Building upon the success of last year's event, SFPE will feature a two-day Engineering Technology Conference format highlighting presentations on advanced, cutting-edge fire protection engineering practices.

Leading the conference with keynote presentations are:

• Dr. Kazunori Harada, Japan
• Dr. Barbara Lane, United Kingdom
• David A. Lucht, P.E., USA
• Dr. James A. Milke, P.E., USA
• Wayne D. Moore, P.E., USA
• Jon Nelson, USA

The Exposition and a series of seminars taught by the profession's leaders will follow the conference.

Seminars scheduled to be held are:

• Principles of Fire Protection Engineering
• Sprinkler Design for the Engineer
• Introduction to Fire Dynamics Simulator and Smokeview
• Advanced Fire Dynamics Simulator and Smokeview
• Advanced Fire Alarm Systems Design
• Smoke Control I: Fundamental and Pressurization Systems
• Smoke Control II: Design Fire, Atrium Control and Tenability Systems
• Smoke Control III: CONTAM Analysis of Pressurization Systems
• Revised! Dust Explosion: Hazard Recognition,Assessment and Management
• New! Forensic Fire Engineering Analysis.

For the most up-to-date information, visit www.SFPE.org.